Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth skyrocketed following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion care — far outpacing a slower rise in maternal mortality across the nation, a new investigation of federal public health data finds.
From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period, according to an analysis by the Gender Equity Policy Institute. The nonprofit research group scoured publicly available reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and shared the analysis exclusively with NBC News.
“There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality,” said Nancy L. Cohen, president of the GEPI. “All the research points to Texas’ abortion ban as the primary driver of this alarming increase.”
“Texas, I fear, is a harbinger of what’s to come in other states,” she said.
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This is what peak pro-life looks like.
The thing that all the experts and everyone who’s informed on this topic said was going to happen ended up happening? I’m so surprised! 😱
Like everyone who’s ever delt with a wanted, but dangerous failed pregnancy said would happen.
But I don’t think Texas Republicans are upset this is happening at all. Two outcomes they are probably extremely happy about.
African-American expectant mothers were already dying in child birth at double the rates of everyone else in Texas, now that all death rates have doubled, their rate of death is significantly high.
Secondly, and the intention of all these cut backs into women’s basic human rights. OBs are saying their patients are entirely fearful of what the government could do to them if they have any complication during pregnancy.
Terrifying women it’s what they wanted. Terrified women are much easier to control and abuse. No more divorce? Only having human rights if they’re married to a white man? This is great for creating an ethno state.
It’s almost like it should be doctors determining a woman’s medical care instead of some “religious” old white men pretending to be taking some kind of moral high road by interpreting their “faith” 100% in the way that benefits them.
We need to start removing laws based on religion, and start respecting the separation of church and state. And if these officials cannot, they should be removed from office.
Working as intended buy these “pro-life” fools.
Shocking! Most predictable event comes to pass
Oof… knowing it was bound to happen doesn’t lessen the impact once you see the real numbers. We’ve gotta fix this shit
Who would have said that?!
There’s only one explanation for this staggering difference in maternal mortality
As much as I want to see data that demonstrates this, there is a very obvious other explanation for a staggering increase in maternal mortality in the years 2020 and 2021. And the mortality rate went down in 2022.
Keep following the data but also stay wary of clickbait.
They’ve made the correlation to race very clear though. But to show the effect of abortion bans, they need to compare between states with bans and states without bans.
Except you’d also have to factor it county-by-county with how long it would take to drive to a state where there is no ban.
It’s the same with guns. If your neighbor won’t ban it, it’s not really a ban. It’s an inconvenience charge that only the rich can afford to pay.
